Castray

#1 A ray is like an invisible line that is drawn for a point u specify moving in a direction u specify, till it hits an object with the types that u specified (lots of specify :D) to be collision-able with.
its all about startpoint, direction & typeMasks (& there is an ignore object with is usually set to the player as u dont want to select ur own player in most cases)
ray casts are used to detect if there is something in this line, like what u r looking at, or like to know something about what u r aiming at like health or player name ...

#2 Thanks but I already know what a ray is, I just don't know how to call one up or create it ingame. Can anyone tell me the code to create a ray?

#3 Morrock, look at the funtions I mentioned in this thread, they should be helpful for you as well.

#4 Ok so I think I'm starting to get it. Though if I were to say (assuming I've given each variable a value):

%ray = ContainerRayCast(%start, %end, InteriorObjectType);

if it collides with an Interior what does it return? True, The Interior's handle, or the location it collided at? Also can I set the exclude parameter to an entire mask or 1 objects handle?

#5 Please use the search function: ContainerRayCast info.

#6 Oh, I get it all now. Thanks so much

#7 Alright, so I have a ray going from %start to %end now i want to make a new line with %end moved and %start in the same position. Can anyone tell me how I can rotate a point around another in Torquescript?